FinMiner - a short overview for beginners

The FinMiner cryptocurrency mining software from Nanopool showed the highest performance on the Ethash algorithm on Linux among competitors. The developers managed to optimize the calculation algorithm in an original way. Thanks to the increase in performance, FinMiner will bring more profit to users. The client can be downloaded from GitHub or on the miner.finom.io project page.

FinMiner is a software for mining cryptocurrencies on Nvidia graphics cards. The main differences of the program: high stability and a simple configuration file that even a beginner can handle. For experienced miners, there are more advanced settings. The client supports the Ethash and CryptoNight algorithms (including the V7 version) and allows you to mine 25 cryptocurrencies created on these algorithms: Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, Electroneum and others.

“Чем выше скорость майнинга, тем выше его доходность. Поэтому перед нами стояла задача создать самый быстрый майнер. И мы это сделали. Пока для Ethash, но ускоряем и другие алгоритмы, – говорит Антон Трусов, основатель Nanopool и руководитель проекта FinMiner. – Более того, нам удалось снизить время создания DAG-файла, где происходит майнинг. Файл создается заново на каждой видеокарте при каждом запуске оборудования. Системные сбои, перегревы, перебои с электричеством или смена эпохи крадут у майнера прибыль. Но с FinMiner пользователь сможет не только больше зарабатывать, но и экономить по несколько долларов в день”.

To start mining Ethereum with FinMiner, you just need to specify your wallet in the configuration file.

Testing on FinMiner showed high performance when working with Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, PascalCoin and other currencies. As a result of the study, it was found that FinMiner works on an equal footing, and sometimes even better, than competing software products. Regardless, FinMiner is highly stable and easy to set up.Testing on FinMiner showed high performance when working with Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, PascalCoin and other currencies. As a result of the study, it was found that FinMiner works on an equal footing, and sometimes even better, than competing software products. Regardless, FinMiner is highly stable and easy to set up.

Payment

The fee for using FinMiner takes the form of a commission from mining. The fee is 1% of the total mining time: every hour, FinMiner randomly switches mining to its wallets for 36 seconds.

Setting

On startup, FinMiner reads the config.ini installation file from the current program directory. In order to give a configuration file a specific name, it must be written as the first argument on the command line. For example:

finminer.exe config_etc.ini

When run with the -d command line option (for example )finminer.exe -d the miner displays a list of detected devices, including their PCI addresses and memory size. To use this feature on Windows, the program must be run from the command line (cmd).

FinMiner does not require any pools to be specified in the configuration file. If a pool (or a list of pools) is not specified, FinMiner will automatically use the pools on nanopool.org corresponding to the selected cryptocurrency.

When launched, FinMiner displays basic information about the work in the console log, including the current version of the program, the name of the rig, the number and type of installed video cards, and the current settings of the program.

Log files

The event log feature in FinMiner is automatically activated every time you start the program. The generated log files contain all the information displayed on the console while the miner is running. By default, log files are saved in the logs folder of the current program directory. Deactivation of event logging, as well as setting an arbitrary directory for writing log files, can be done using the appropriate configuration options (see examples in the “Options” section of this file).

Remote monitoring

FinMiner supports EthMan API network program for rig monitoring. By default, it opens port 3333 in read-only mode without the ability to restart the miner or rig over the network. In the program configuration file, you can configure the port and disable the API function using the mport function. The configuration file also allows you to set a monitoring password using the ethmanPassword parameter.

Auto restart function

С настройками по умолчанию FinMiner автоматически перезапустится, если обнаружит критические ошибки в графическом процессоре или отставание. (Эти ошибки обычно возникают из-за аппаратных проблем или разгона графического процессора.) Функцию автоматического перезапуска можно отключить с помощью параметра сторожевого таймера .

Similarly, the minHashrate parameter allows the user to set the minimum hashrate value, exceeding which will cause the miner to restart. This feature uses the average hashrate over the past ten minutes, which is displayed in blue in the console log. If the average hashrate for 10 minutes is below the set value, the miner will restart. With default settings, the minimum hashrate is not set.

Another feature in FinMiner that improves the automatic operation of the miner is handled by the restarts parameter. It sets the number of miner restarts before restarting the worker (installation). By default, the miner will only restart itself.

More information about using these features can be found in the Options section of this file.

Options

FinMiner settings can be found in the configuration file with *.ini extension ( config.ini by default) in .ini format as logical parameter=value pairs. This file allows for blank lines and comments. Comment lines must begin with “;” (semicolon). The parameters and values are not case sensitive, which means that it doesn’t matter to the program whether you type ETH , eth or Eth , or type wallet or Wallet . If the parameter is set to an invalid value, the default value will be used instead (note that this rule does not apply to the wallet parameter).